(A highly arbitrary listing, in which boldface type 'lS used to Pick out some of the more notable performers in town. . . . f]J Call the phone num- ber listed for performance schedules and, since musicians and night-club proprietors live com- Plicated lives that are subject to last-minute change, to confirm engagementsJ ALGONQUIN HOTEL. 59 W. 44th St. (840-6800)- ANDREA MARCOVICCI'S cabaret juggernaut rumbles into its third month in the old- timey environs of the Oak Room. The singer is currently offering a program called "Double Torch." The late show on Fridays and Sat- urdays is "Just Kern." Dining. BALLROOM. 253 W. 28th St. (244-3005)-A sleek, green-walled room with brass railings and mounted O'Keeffian animal skulls. Look closer and you'll find that the skulls are wearing earrings. After the show, be sure to check out the adjoining restaurant/tapas bar, which looks like the indoor food market of your dreams. ROSA MARIA took part in last year's Brazilian festival here The jazz-and-blues singer will be here through Jan. 17, dedicat- ing her sets to a hybrid of African and Caribbean music called "samba-reggae." LENY ANDRADE is here for a two-week stint begin- ning Jan. 19. Closed Mondays. BIRDLAND. 2745 Broadway, at 105th St. (749-2228)-This northern restaurant-bar, an airy two-tiered space with pastel walls and potted greenery, is a shade too slick for Columbia students but just right for post- collegiate jazz fans. The name is taken from the long-gone midtown pleasure dome that featured Bird himself Ricky Ford will be in for the weekend of Jan. 15-16, with Lew Soloff, Hilton Ruiz, and Steve Turre. Dining. BLUE NOTE. 131 W. 3rd St., near Sixth Ave. (475-8592)-Once you get past this club's rough bits-the tourists, the cramped seat- ing, the stiff prices-you're likely to find yourself face to face with some of the biggest names in jazz. The long-standing fusion outfit known as SPYRO GYRA is here through Jan. 17; REBECCA PARRIS comes in on Jan. 18; and FREDDIE HUBBARD starts up on Jan. 19. BOTTOM LINE. 15 W. 4th St., at Mercer St. (228-6300)-This big, airy folk-and-rock club tends to be the site of a lot of music- industry bashes. If you have trouble getting tickets to the early show, it's usually be- cause some record company has bought the place out. The atmosphere here, as a result, can be a bit weird: the record-company types have to have fun, because their own artists are onstage, but they can't have too much fun, because their bosse::, are watch- ing. The later shows, though they're not as well attended and though they tend to run late, are much looser in spirit. DAVE MASON has ridden many waves-and troughs-over the course of his long career. He helped form the whirling, adventurous jazz-pop band Traffic; he had a successful solo career for a while; then, in the early eighties, he was singing in beer ads Mason stops in for a performance on Jan. 15; performing wIth him will be DANNY KALB and JIMMY VIVINO. Burgers, fries, and other things to make your heart beat faster. BRADLEY'S. 70 University PI., at 11th St. (228-6440)-Within the narrow walls of this venerable piano-and-bass preserve, everything IS easy on the eyes and ears A trio consisting of pianist MIKE LE DONNE. bassist PETER WASHINGTON. and drummer KENNY WASHINGTON is at work through Jan. 16. Dining. CARLYLE HOTEL. Madison Ave. at 76th St. (744- 1600)-The Café Carlyle, a snug, window- less enclave in the doorman district, features discreet waiters, wraparound pastel murals, and the MODERN JAZZ QUARTET. which has just begun a three-week engagement. The quar- tet has been doing its fastidious swinging for more than thirty years and has more than four hundred pieces in its repertoire.... f]J BARBARA CARROLL presides across the hall, in Bemelmans Bar. CBGB & OMFUG. 315 Bowery, at Bleecker St (982-4052)-The city's most famed rock club- a dark, narrow cave with neon-beer-sign sta- lactites and ancestral graffiti-is part sacred burial ground and part histonc landmark, but it hasn't succumbed to nostalgia: new and used bands of every stripe continue to pass through nightly. COME is here on Jan. 16. DUPLEX. 61 Christopher St., at Seventh Ave. (255-5438)-A two-floor entertainment cen- ter. The bright, clean, wedge-shaped down- staIrs bar has French windows giving on to the bustle of Seventh Avenue, but the clamor indoors is far greater. Everyone is a star here-the pianist, the bartender, and the waitresses sing/shout pop standards with risqué lyrics and fire off wIsecracks acros::, the room; patrons are encouraged to take the mike, too. Upstairs, there's a quieter bar and a cabaret, where you'll find a variety of performers nightly. EAGLE TAVERN. 355 W. 14th St. (924-0275)-An Irish bar, way out on the Western edge of town, where the great potholed boulevards turn to cobblestones, and the world across the Hudson flashes its come-hither signs. The back room has Hibernian sounds on Fridays. Fiddle player WILLIE KELLY and flutist SIOBHAN KELLY perform on Jan. 15. FAT TUESDAY'S. 190 Third Ave., at 17th St. (533-7900)-A softly lit, low-ceilinged jazz preserve. ROLAND HANNA. a pianist who has served with Sarah Vaughan, the New York Jazz Sextet, and the U.S. Army, has at times in his career been wary of night clubs, preferring to try out original material in concert halls about forty blocks north of what he has referred to as "the smoke and the booze and the 'I don't care.' .. In recent years, however, Hanna has been sighted downtown playing everything from turn-of- the-century ragtime to Miles Davis He and CARRIE SMITH will perform here through Jan. 17, and the PHIL WOODS quintet is at work as of Jan. 19. On Mondays, guitarist-inventor LES PAUL. the Thomas Edison of reverb, leads a trio. Dining. J's. 2581 Broadway, at 97th St. (666-3600)- An Upper West Side jazz room, one steep flight up from the hurly-burly. Jazz people are on the premises nightly. Pianist JOHN SERRY leads a trio on Jan. 14; the JUDY BARNETT sextet appears on Jan. 15; DICK HYMAN is here on Jan. 18; and the DARYL SHERMAN trio comes in on Jan. 19. Dining. KNICKERBOCKER. 33 University PI., at 9th St. (228-8490)-A busy bar-and-grill in the piano-bass district. The musicians set up in the dining room, a clubby-looking space with leather banquettes and well-preserved collectibles: Sunday Herald Tribune covers, First World War posters, Hirschfeld car- toons. Up front, at the bar, you can keep your eye on the musicians, the conversation- alists, and sidewalk life. Pianist CAROL BRITTO is here Jan. 13-16; bassist MICHAEL MOORE joins her Jan. 15-16. KNITTING FACTORY. 47 E. Houston St., near Mul- berry St. (219-3055)-The club most likely to feature an electric-rake player. Run by a couple of forward-looking Wisconsinites, the Knitting Factory takes in all manner of neo- this and post-that ensembles. The atmo- sphere is low-key bohemian-it's like a frat house for the avant-garde. Guitarist MARC RIBOT is here Jan. 15-16 On Jan. 17, the Knitting Factory will be the site of the World Cultural Evening, with Big Joe, Marc Sloan's Lower End Quintet, and the Sambanditos; on Jan. 18, a slew of perform- ers come through the door, among them Andy Laster's Hydra, Patience Higgins, and Drew Gress; then, on Jan. 19, Devil's Break- fast, Colored Greens, and Astro Zombies will be on the premises. MAXWELL'S. 1039 Washington St., Hoboken. (1-201 798-4064)-The bands that play here today will be playing somewhere more ex- pensive tomorrow. The Vacant Lot, the World Famous Bl ue Jays, and the Friggs come in on Jan. 16. MICHAEL'S PUB. 211 E. 55th St. (758-2272)- The Jelly Roll Morton tribute that's been in session since October has been extended indefinitely. VERNEL BAGNERIS portrays the self- proclaimed inventor of jazz with elegance, verve, and compassion, providing an inti- 11 SAGAFJORD'S HAWAII & POLYNESIA SOUTH PACIFIC. VVITH A SPECTACULAR SCANDINAVIAN CAST. a: ...... ',. ............ This show gets rave reVIews Spectacular sunsets. Clear blue waters. And the most attentive white-glove cast ever assembled. Set sail on Sagafjord for 14 glorious days in classic luxury from Los Angeles (0 enchanting Papeete on May 6. Or sail back from Papeete on May 20. You can even combine them for a 28 day odyssey at sea. You'II visit warm, charming Hawaiian ports like Lahaina. 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